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Male Circumcision (Adult)

Service/Procedure Summary

Adult patients are 16 years old or older. This procedure removes the foreskin of the penis.

Consult
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
145 days
Surgery
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
274 days
Instructions - Instructional text.

Wait Times

90%

Community Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Truro
Colchester East Hants Health Centre
123 days
152 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
152 days
258 days
Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
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Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
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Inverness
Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital
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Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
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North Sydney
Northside General Hospital
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Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
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157 days
Yarmouth
Yarmouth Regional Hospital
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Sometimes data is unavailable when it is not submitted to the Department of Health and Wellness, or there were a very small number of patients who recently received the procedure or service.

50%

Community Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Truro
Colchester East Hants Health Centre
51 days
79 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
64 days
117 days
Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
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Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
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Inverness
Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital
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Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
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North Sydney
Northside General Hospital
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Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
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82 days
Yarmouth
Yarmouth Regional Hospital
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Sometimes data is unavailable when it is not submitted to the Department of Health and Wellness, or there were a very small number of patients who recently received the procedure or service.

Data Source: 
Patient Access Registry Nova Scotia (PAR NS)
Data Period: 
September 1 - November 30 2019
Data Period: 
Next Update: 
January 2020

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Dave Padmore
Truro
51 days
59 days
Jacob Puthenparumpil
Truro
85 days
118 days
Hammad Asim
Sydney
145 days
157 days
Thomas Skinner
Halifax
90 days
241 days
Peter A Anderson
Halifax
139 days
217 days
David G Bell
Halifax
135 days
238 days
John E Grantmyre
Halifax
336 days
40 days
Peter Massaro
Truro
123 days
291 days
M Dale Miller
Sydney
106 days
358 days
Ross Mason
Halifax
193 days
364 days
Ashley Cox
Halifax
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Jeffrey George Himmelman
Kentville
202 days
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John Paul McCarthy
Kentville
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Kenneth Rent
Kentville
117 days
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Lukas Wasserman
Antigonish
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Najeeb Ahmed Abdul Kadir
Amherst
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Neelakantan G. Pillai
Inverness
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Trevor Butler
Kentville
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Wallace T'ien
Dartmouth
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281 days

Sometimes data is unavailable when it is not submitted to the Department of Health and Wellness, or there were a very small number of patients who recently received the procedure or service.

50%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Dave Padmore
Truro
28 days
31 days
Hammad Asim
Sydney
52 days
39 days
M Dale Miller
Sydney
55 days
63 days
Jacob Puthenparumpil
Truro
36 days
88 days
Peter A Anderson
Halifax
68 days
91 days
David G Bell
Halifax
46 days
115 days
Peter Massaro
Truro
76 days
152 days
Thomas Skinner
Halifax
36 days
205 days
John E Grantmyre
Halifax
237 days
34 days
Ross Mason
Halifax
82 days
213 days
Ashley Cox
Halifax
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Jeffrey George Himmelman
Kentville
59 days
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John Paul McCarthy
Kentville
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Kenneth Rent
Kentville
37 days
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Lukas Wasserman
Antigonish
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Najeeb Ahmed Abdul Kadir
Amherst
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Neelakantan G. Pillai
Inverness
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Trevor Butler
Kentville
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Wallace T'ien
Dartmouth
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148 days

Sometimes data is unavailable when it is not submitted to the Department of Health and Wellness, or there were a very small number of patients who recently received the procedure or service.

Data Source: 
Patient Access Registry Nova Scotia (PAR NS)
Data Period: 
December 1 2018 - November 30 2019
Next Update: 
January 2020
Disclaimer: Hospitals and clinics across the province provide all wait time information displayed on this website. Wait times are based on historical data and do not include emergency priority cases. Current wait times experienced by some patients may be different.

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